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Historical Event on 8/17/1909

Madanlal Dhingra, famous revolutionary, was hanged at Paintanville Jail for assassinating Wyle and Lal Kaka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/18/1944Subhash Chandra Bose formed Azad Hind Fauz and took control of Kohima-Imphal.
3/6/1928Nilkanth Ramanbhai Mahipatrao, famous Gujrati litterateur, critic, dramatist and social reformer, died.
6/18/1991Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority.
8/13/1995Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
10/16/1952Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi.
1/18/1977Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
6/5/1995Manmohan Singh re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam.
6/20/1921Tilak University was established.
10/3/1984India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.
3/5/1993The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment.